Kyl: I 'misspoke' on Planned Parenthood

By Manu Raju

04/14/11 08:03 PM EDT

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) has been taking a beating from the left and late-night comics for his office's claim that he was not making "a factual statement" when he overstated Planned Parenthood's abortion services.

Asked if he regretted the flap, Kyl said Thursday: "I misspoke when I said what I said on the floor – and I said so."

But what about the claim that it was "not intended to be a factual statement" when Kyl said 90 percent of Planned Parenthood's services were abortion related?

"That was not me - that was my press person," he said.

Indeed, it was Kyl's office that put the statement out attempting to clarify the senator's remarks last week, which has since prompted the likes of Stephen Colbert to relentlessly rail on the senator during his Comedy Central show and on his Twitter account.